And there's about 43 million Americans that owe an estimated combined total of 1.6 trillion dollars in federal student debt.

据估计，约有4300万美国人欠下总计约1.6万亿美元的联邦学生债务。

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged today that House Republicans will soon pass a bill raising the federal debt ceiling for one year.

众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡今天承诺，众议院共和党人将很快通过一项法案，将联邦债务上限提高一年。

Of course foreigners have about 40 percent of our federal debt, not Americans.

当然，外国人有大约 40% 的联邦债务，而不是美国人。

On the cbo's trendline the federal debt would roughly double to nearly 250% of gdp by mid-century.

根据 CBO 的趋势线，到本世纪中叶，联邦债务将大致翻一番，达到 GDP 的近 250%。

Local governments don't tax federal debt, and we're asking the federal government not to tax municipal debt.

地方政府不对联邦债务征税，我们要求联邦政府不要对市政债务征税。

Joe Biden summoned the leaders of Congress to the White House for a meeting on May 9th to discuss raising the limit on the federal debt.

乔·拜登于5月9日召集国会领导人到白宫开会，讨论提高联邦债务上限的问题。

The U.S. credit rating got a boost today. Moody's investors service upgraded the outlook for federal debt from negative to stable.

美国信用评级今天得到提振。穆迪投资者服务将联邦债务前景从负面上调至稳定。

Biden explained how the federal government intended to erase some or even all federal student loan debt for some 40 million Americans.

拜登解释了联邦政府打算如何为大约4000万美国人消除部分甚至全部联邦学生贷款债务。

Even if the most catastrophic outcome—a default on federal debt—is avoided, the consequences of this fiscal insanity are likely to be bigger than many now expect, for two reasons.

尽管避免了最严重的后果，也就是债务违约，财政紊乱也会超乎人们想象。有两个原因。

Manchin said he was opposing the 10-year, roughly $2 trillion bill because of his concerns about inflation, growing federal debt and a need to focus on the omicron COVID-19 variant.

曼钦表示，他反对这项 10 年期、大约 2 万亿美元的法案，是因为他担心通货膨胀、联邦债务不断增长，以及需要把注意力转向新冠病毒变异毒株奥密克戎。

The problem is that the federal debt is set to continue to increase to its highest level since 1946, even though the economy is now in much better shape.

问题是联邦债务将继续增加到 1946 年以来的最高水平，尽管现在的经济状况要好得多。

You can see in this chart, federal debt held by the public spiked during World War II and during the financial crisis, when the government borrowed money to boost the economy.

您可以在这张图表中看到，公众持有的联邦债务在第二次世界大战和金融危机期间飙升，当时政府借钱来刺激经济。

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged members of the US House of Representatives on Friday to raise the federal debt ceiling without conditions, warning that a default on US debt would cause " economic and financial collapse."

周五，美国财政部长珍妮特·耶伦敦促美国众议院议员无条件提高联邦债务上限，并警告称，美国债务违约将导致“经济和金融崩溃”。